Cider-mill grinder and press



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W. SEYMOUR. CIDER MILL GRINDER AND PRESS.

Patented Mar. 29, 1887.

WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT GEETCE.

XVILLIAM SEYMOUR, OF VEST HAVEN, MICHIGAN.

CIDER-MILL GRINDER AND PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 360,331, dated March29, 1887.

Application filed June 14, 1856. Serial No. 203,092.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLLIM SEYMOUR, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of XVest Haven, in the county of Shiawassee and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCider-Mill Grinders and Presses; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is anelevation of one side of my cider-mill. Fig. 2 is a similar view of theother side. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical medial section of thesame. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on line x :0, Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 isa vertical section on line y y, Fig. i.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the fivefigures.

My invention relates to cider-mills in which grinder and press arecombined and operated simultaneously; and it consistsin theimprovedconstruction, arrangement, and combination of parts of the same, as willbe hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, A represents the baseposts, B. To said posts arejournaled a roller, 0, and a shaft, 1), which carries at one end a smallpulley. a, and at the other end a larger pulley, Z). From the other endof the frame arises a pair of posts, E, to which is journaled a roller,F, one axle of which is prolonged to receive a small pulley, c. To saidframe, between the pairs of posts, is secured a pair of upright frames,consisting of posts G, having a roller, H, journaled thereto; posts I,crosspieces d, between the upper ends of said posts, and cross-pieces 6near their lower ends.

\Vaysf are formed in the facing sides of the posts in each frame.Axle-boxes J rest upon the lower crosspieces and have lateral lugs g,projecting into said ways for retaining said boxes in position. In theseboxes is journaled a shaft, K, which has upon one end a large pulley, h,upon its middle one of the pressrollers '1 and upon its other end aspur-Wheel, k, and outside of that a pulley, Z. The other press-roller,in, of the same size as roller 6 and resting thereon, is secured to ashaft, L, one

- a small pulley, 1). frame, at one end of which arises a pair of' (Xumodel.)

end of which is prolonged to receive a spurwheel, a, said wheel being ofthe same size as the other one and formed to coact therewith. The shaftL is journaled in boxes M, which also have lateral lugs 0, projectinginto the ways f, by which means said boxes are held in place and at thesame time allowed the freedom of vertical movement.

Horizontal rails N, having a roller, 0, journaled thereto and a board,1', tightly secured between them, are attached to the tops of posts Eand to posts I. An inclined frame, I, having rollers journaled to eitherend and a board, 8, tightly secured between its side pieces, is attachedto posts I and to the outer ends of said rails. Over the rollers on saidframe there passes an endless carrier-apron, Q, with transverse slats.Inclined rails It, having a roller, S, journaled thereto and a board, t,tightly secured between them, are attached to posts B and posts G. Abovethese rails are horizontal rails T, similarly secured.

Upon the last-mentioned rails, near their junction with the posts B, areaxle-boxes in which is journaled a shaft, U, having upon one end thedrive-pulley it, upon its middle the grinding-roller V, and upon theother end Above and about said roller is placed a hopper, IV, in whichthe breast-board w is hinged by its upper edge and adjusted by means ofscrew 00.

Spring-levers X are adj ustably attached at one end to screw-bolts ysecured to the posts I, and at the other end to screw-bolts 2, securedto rails S, and rest upon pins Y, which pass through holes incrosspieces d and bear upon the axle-boxes M. By means of the nuts uponthe screw-bolts the pressure of the press rollers is regulated.

An endless apron, A, of textile fabric, passes over roller 0, board t,between the press-roll ers, over board 1, roller 0, under roller H, andback to roller 0. A similar apron, B, passes around roller S and theupper pressi'oller.

The drivingbelt is directly connected, by means of pulley a, to theshaft of the grind ing-roller. From this shaft motion is transmitted bybelt 0, Fig. 2, to shaft D; thence by belt D, Fig. 1, to the shaft ofthe lower press-roller; from the lower to the upper pressroller by thespur-wheels, and from the shaft of the lower press-roller by belt E,Fig.

2, to the roller F, over which the carrier-apron passes and from whichit takes its motion.

A trough, F, having an outlet, G, is secured under the end of board tand the pressrollers, by attaching one edge to the rails R and its endsto the upright. frames.

In the operation of the machine the pomace drops from the grinder uponthe apron A, and is'carried under roller S, which flattens it into aneven layer. It then passes along between the two aprons, which travel inthe same direction and readily enter the pomace between thepressingrollers and prevent it from banking in front thereof. Thepressed pomace is carried by the lower belt till it reaches roller 0,where it is delivered to the carrier-apron. Any pomace which may clingto the former after it rounds said roller is scraped therefrom by theslats on the carrierapron. Side boards, H, are secured to the rails N,and extend from the upright frames to theinclined frame and serve tokeep the pressed pomace in place upon the aprons. The cider that dropswith the pomace from the grinder strains through the lower apron andruns down board 25 to the trough, and the cider pressed outby therollers also passes through said apron, thus causing all the cider to bestrai ned before it enters the trough.

If the apples are to be ground fine, the breastboard is moved by itsadjusting-screw up near to the grinding-roller, and vice versa, if theyare to be ground coarse.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States a r 1. The combination, with acider-mill having a pair of rollers and two endless aprons passingbetween them, one of said aprons extending to the rear portion of themachine, of

an inclined frame secured to the rear of the machine below and forwardof the rear extension of said apron and-an endless carryingapron aroundsaid frame having slats across its face, said slats bearing against saidextended apron.

2. A cider-mill consisting of a base-frame, end posts and upright framesattached thereto, horizontal and inclined rails connecting said postsand frames, a grinding-roller journaled to one pair of horizontal rails,a hopper secured above and about said roller, pressingrollers journaledin said frames and connected by spur-wheels attached to their shafts, aninclined frame attached to one end of the mill, an. endlesscarrier-apron passing around said frame, a board tightly secured betweensaid inclined rails, a trough secured under one end thereof andextending under the pressing-rollers, an endless belt passing around aroller journaled to one pair of end posts, then between thepress-rollers, over a roller journaled near the other end of the milland under one journaledto the upright frames, another endless beltpassing around a roller journaled to the inclined rails and around theupper pressroller, a drive-pulley attached to the shaft of thegrinding-roller, a belt passing thence to a shaft journaled to one pairof end posts, another belt leading from this shaft to the shaft of thelower press-roller, and a belt leading thence to a pulley connected toone of the car rier-belt rollers.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- WILLIAM SEYMOUR.

\Vitnesses:

JEROME E. TURNER, JOHN W. PARKS.

